Short-term rentals in Lee's Summit pay the city's 5% hotel/motel transient guest tax plus Missouri's 4.225% state sales tax, and hosts owe city license taxes under Chapter 28, Division 7.
Under Section 6.505(F), short-term rental owners pay license taxes in accordance with Chapter 28, Division 7 of the City Code. Rentals are taxed like hotels and motels: Lee's Summit levies a transient guest tax of 5% of gross daily rental receipts from transient guests for sleeping accommodations, on top of Missouri's 4.225% state sales tax and applicable local sales taxes (the combined Lee's Summit sales-tax rate is about 7.975%). Missouri authorizes municipal transient guest taxes under RSMo 67.1000. Hosts register and remit with the Missouri Department of Revenue and the City.
Failure to remit transient guest or sales tax triggers penalties and interest through the Missouri Department of Revenue; unpaid city license taxes can block or revoke the STR business license.
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Lee's Summit does not regulate residential holiday decorations and requires no permit for them. Any holiday-related yard signs follow the city's temporary-si...
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